Ten Acres Enough

When author Edmund Morris left the business world and bought a small farm in the early 1800s, he was so pleased with the results that he decided to tell others how he did it. His simply written chroni...

How to Grow and Make Tea in the United States, 2nd Edition

An Empire of Plants

For centuries, from foodstuffs to industrial materials, plants have dominated trade between countries. Possession of rare spices, sweets, and narcotics could meand enviable wealth and power, so explor...

Late Summer Flowers

While gardeners may be happy enough with their gardens in spring and early summer, few feel so confident about prolonging the display. In Late Summer Flowers Marina Christopher, co-founder of the cele...

Gardening Across the Pond: Anglo-American Exchanges from the Settlers in Virginia to Prairie Gardens in England

For four hundred years there has been a special relationship between Britain and what is now the United States of America in many aspects of life, not least in gardening. From the early settlers taki...

Backyard Pharmacy

This compact yet complete guide to herbal medicines shows you how to transform common plants into remedies that heal. While using herbs as medicines can often seem complicated or costly, the Backyard...

The Art Of The Islamic Garden

The Islamic garden is regarded as one of the highest forms of visual art in the civilization of Islam. The principal elements are water and shade; they are also characterized by the chahar-bagh: a fou...

Pulmonarias and the Borage Family

A horticulturalist who has studied the Boraginaceae family globally overviews the distribution, ecology, structure, taxonomy, cultivation, and propagation of such well-known garden plants as forget-me...